Couple to make history in London Scientology wedding

A couple who will make history by becoming the first to marry in a Church of Scientology chapel hailed their wedding as a "victory" over "inequality and unfairness".

Louisa Hodkin and Alessandro Calcioli will walk down the aisle this afternoon in a ceremony which will be beamed live on the internet.

The couple say their wedding is the culmination of a five-year battle to have their religious rights recognised. Credit: PA

They will become the first couple to tie the knot in a Scientology church after winning a landmark legal battle in which the Supreme Court ruled that the chapel was a "place of meeting for religious worship".